- Date
- September 4, 1976
- Place
- Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7683Schweizer SGS134
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760904026439A
- Case key
- 155424
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2450 76/9/4 NR.MINDEN,NV SCHWEIZER SGS134 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N7683 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CA MARKLEEVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 70 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SINGLE FUSELAGE WHEEL. COLLIDED WITH ROCKS AVOIDING CATTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7683
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS134
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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